Veterinarian Brennen McKenzie writes The SkeptVet, a blog that pushes for evidence-based medicine instead of relying on tradition, anecdotes or pseudoscience in the treatment of cats and dogs.

(Image credit: katoosha/iStockphoto/Getty Images)

]]>Ingfei ChenTime For Homeopathic Remedies To Prove That They Work? The Federal Trade Commission told purveyors of homeopathic remedies that they have to say there's no scientific evidence that these nostrums actually work. The question is, will fans care?Fri, 02 Dec 2016 05:00:00 -0500https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/02/504004506/time-for-homeopathic-remedies-to-prove-that-they-work?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/02/504004506/time-for-homeopathic-remedies-to-prove-that-they-work?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy

The Federal Trade Commission told purveyors of homeopathic remedies that they have to say there's no scientific evidence that these nostrums actually work. The question is, will fans care?

(Image credit: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

]]>Erin RossFDA Ponders Putting Homeopathy To A Tougher TestHomeopathy's popularity has exploded in recent years. Now the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether homeopathic remedies should have to be proven safe and effective.Mon, 20 Apr 2015 03:46:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/04/20/398806514/fda-ponders-whether-homeopathy-is-medicine?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/04/20/398806514/fda-ponders-whether-homeopathy-is-medicine?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy

Homeopathy's popularity has exploded in recent years. Now the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether homeopathic remedies should have to be proven safe and effective.

(Image credit: Katherine Streeter for NPR)

]]>Rob SteinHomeopathic ComplaintsHomeopathy. A mystery in the guise of the nineteenth-century's apothecary. It's an untrue theory. But might it be an effective practice?Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:40:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2012/03/30/149682821/homeopathic-complaints?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy
https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2012/03/30/149682821/homeopathic-complaints?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathyHomeopathy. A mystery in the guise of the nineteenth-century's apothecary. It's an untrue theory. But might it be an effective practice?]]>Alva NoëIs Homeopathy A Sham?Homeopathic treatments are too dilute to be effective. Why, then, are they so popular? This is the first in a series of reflections on this question.Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:03:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2012/03/23/149139145/is-homeopathy-a-sham?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy
https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2012/03/23/149139145/is-homeopathy-a-sham?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy

Homeopathic treatments are too dilute to be effective. Why, then, are they so popular? This is the first in a series of reflections on this question.

(Image credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

]]>Alva NoëHomeopathic Insomnia Remedy No Match For Antarctic SummerMore than 1,600 people in 28 countries and Antarctica deliberately overdosed on homeopathic remedies over the weekend. No injuries, illnesses or worse were reported.Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:40:00 -0500https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/02/09/133600714/homeopathic-sleep-remedy-no-match-for-antarctic-summer?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/02/09/133600714/homeopathic-sleep-remedy-no-match-for-antarctic-summer?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathyMore than 1,600 people in 28 countries and Antarctica deliberately overdosed on homeopathic remedies over the weekend. No injuries, illnesses or worse were reported.]]>Scott HensleyHomeopathic Medicine Overdosers Survive UnscathedMagician and professional skeptic James Randi is challenging purveyors of homeopathic remedies to prove they work. And hundreds of people around the world took overdoses of the treatments to show they are inactive.Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:55:00 -0500https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/02/08/133569580/homeopathic-medicine-overdosers-survive-unscathed?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/02/08/133569580/homeopathic-medicine-overdosers-survive-unscathed?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=homeopathy

Magician and professional skeptic James Randi is challenging purveyors of homeopathic remedies to prove they work. And hundreds of people around the world took overdoses of the treatments to show they are inactive.